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1. IOR/L/PS/10/112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/112
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.'
Scope & Content:
The volume discusses the work of British political and naval authorities in the Persian Gulf in suppressing the trafficking arms and ammunition, particularly from Muscat to Koweit [Kuwait]. Included are reports of searches undertaken on vessels suspected of trafficking of arms, including invento...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Apr 1900-15 Jun 1914
Extent:
1 volume (358 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3502
Title:
Coll 28/96 ‘Persia. Judicial. Persian law regarding smuggling. Position of foreigners.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the compatibility of legal safeguards in relation to the expiration of the Tariff Autonomy Treaty, agreed between the British and Persian Governments on 10 May 1928, and a new law passed by the Government of Iran in 1936 that authorised the use of the death penalty agai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Dec 1936-17 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3766

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3766
Title:
Coll 30/50 'Persian Gulf: Smuggling'
Scope & Content:
This file contains extracts from the diary of the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire that relate to smuggling in the Persian Gulf. In addition to these extracts, the file also contains a limited amount of associated correspondence between British officials and the following docum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Aug 1928-5 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/532
Title:
File 53/83 II (D 105) Smuggling Between 'Iraq + Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials but it also includes correspondence between British officials and Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
29 May 1934-29 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/538

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/538
Title:
File 53/83 VIII (D 153) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The correspondence discusses a number of topics including incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces, arms smuggling, the demarcation of the Kuwait-Iraq frontier, the po...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
31 Mar 1939-25 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 volume (225 folios)